All language subtitles for A Place in the Sun - S01E001 [1080p KBS World].en

(Episode 1)

Before the ground breaking,

this land used to be 20 cents per 3.3m².

Do you know how much it goes for now?

$4. Some lots go for $5.

I need to buy up as much land as I can

before they really start developing the area.

Do you plan to buy and sell land?

They built a dam and highways,

so it's time to build housing.

I plan to build apartments.

Apartments?

There's this really gifted seer named Mr. Jeong

and he said that for the next 20 years,

my fortunes lie in real estate.

Real estate?

He says I'm destined to

dig up land for the next 20 years.

Then what should I do?

We must buy up all the land before

the government announcement.

Or at least as much as possible.

I understand.

Is there a problem?

Some ox bone soup would've been enough for me.

You're being too kind.

How long have you been with our company, Yangji?

I started right after graduating high school

and finishing military service...

So it's been 5 years.

You became our accounting manager in only 5 years?

You've succeeded.

I agree.

Do you want to succeed even more?

I'm talking about something

overly generous just like this feast.

Are you willing to accept it?

I love and cherish her

more than anyone in the world.

If you'd take her...

I will.

Most definitely.

Jeonghui?

I'm Choi Taejun.

I met you a few times before.

Can you handle it?

You'll regret it.

I will not.

What's taking Gyeongsuk so long

to borrow a table? Why isn't she back yet?

Mother, these plates are so pretty.

We need the table so that we can set it.

Taejun should be here soon, right?

Gosh. I hope the table comes before he does.

We'll make it work somehow

even if we have to eat on newspapers.

She's the precious company CEO's daughter.

And you're her precious mother-in-law.

Well, look at you.

Mother, the table is here.

Taejun...

I ran into them on the way back.

It isn't much but please enjoy.

Is it a boy or a girl?

You don't know yet, right?

I heard you were building apartments in Gangnam.

Then will we get one...

Sis!

Don't startle her. She'll lose the baby.

Are you alright?

Yes.

My goodness. Don't mind them.

They're uneducated, so they have no manners.

Mother!

Be quiet.

We don't ask for anything.

Just...

You know Taejun's the only son in our family

for three generations.

Please just give him a son.

Don't worry about what my mother said.

I won't have any more children

after this one.

It isn't too late.

You can cancel this marriage...

I consider this baby mine.

It is my child.

I will do anything and everything

for you and this child.

Whatever it may be.

Do you have a date for me?

Yes, fortunately.

I checked for a date based on her due date

and it was like looking for a needle in outer space.

It was a lot of work.

That is why back in the day, noble families

scheduled weddings in order to plan the pregnancy.

How could you be so reckless

and get someone's precious daughter pregnant?

You are practically a thief.

Jeonghui...

Will have a C-section.

A C-section?

This is your grandson's fortune.

Is this really...

Yes.

Your grandson will succeed you

and turn Yangji into a global company.

He is fated to be a king.

I will create an empire.

This is the era of construction.

I'll use this land as my stepping stool

and turn Yangji Construction

into a massive corporation that includes...

Steel, electricity, electronics, chemicals, trade, textile,

every possible field out there.

You are indeed amazing.

I need your help.

Yes, sir. Just give the order.

I'll do it all.

My grandson...

Will become the king...

Of the empire I build.

Make him...

An emperor.

That is why chose you.

Yes, sir. Your grandson...

No. My son...

Will become the emperor.

I will make it happen.

(27 years later, 1997)

I'm on my way to open Pandora's Box.

Pandora's Box?

You're going in for an audit, aren't you?

You'd faint if you knew where

my first field assignment was.

Where is it?

I can't tell you. It's confidential.

What? Then why did you ask then?

To make you curious.

Geez.

Don't waste your time teasing me.

Just complete your first mission well.

I'm sure you will.

I'll be super busy during the audit. What will you do?

So?

I know you'll miss me like crazy

but you'll have to deal with it.

I wish you had audits 365 days a year.

So I can have a steamy affair!

Affair?

Listen to this woman talk.

How could you say that?

Are you laughing?

I have no time to have an affair.

It's an emergency situation here right now.

You know that.

I hope our company doesn't go bankrupt too.

What if it goes under?

What else? You'll have to marry me right away.

Whatever. Bye.

The chairman is here.

Okay. Work hard.

So this is Yangji Group.

Let's see whether or not it'll go bankrupt.

Excuse us. Step aside.

How dare they treat me like some peddler?

- Hello, sir. / - Hey.

It's Chairman Jang Wolcheon.

Hello, sir.

Hey.

44 people?

So that's what it means to be

a conglomerate chairman.

Now, that's an emperor.

Did the bank call?

Yes, sir.

They refused?

We have only 10% in assets and 90% is financed.

So they can't give us any additional loans.

Tell them we have plots of land in Gaepo, Suseo,

Gayang and Deungchon, just waiting to be parceled out.

Tell them that it's guaranteed.

Perhaps you should ask the president

of Hansin Bank again.

They're the only bank

we can depend on at this point.

Gosh. Seriously.

Perhaps you should get...

Your other son-in-law to ask again...

Gosh.

We're being audited starting today, right?

Yes, sir.

Every time a document is sent to a bank

I get a migraine, so do it right.

I already spoke with the senior managing director

at Samjin.

He said they sent newbies who know nothing,

so we need not worry.

What are you doing?

Pardon? Yes, sir.

You should always be careful.

Monitor them closely.

Yes, sir.

It's confidential? He can't tell me?

So sly...

Why are there so many?

Goodness. I'm dead.

Look here, Mr. Auditor.

What are you doing here?

Are you a criminal? Why are you sneaking in?

I'm trying to separate business from pleasure.

You applied here to see me, right?

How did you figure it out?

I've committed a grave sin.

I shouldn't have seduced you so thoroughly.

You're right.

What are you doing?

I mean, you seduced me,

so you need to take responsibility.

For what?

Oh, my goodness. Hey.

Hey!

Hey, come on...

Oh, my goodness. Ow.

That hurts.

Who told you to be so beautiful?

It's not my fault I'm a natural beauty?

Since you're so beautiful...

How about a kiss?

You've lost your mind.

Hello?

Yes, director.

Yes, sir.

I need to go.

What about my kiss?

You said you won't mix business with pleasure.

Get to work.

Wait for me.

I'll be late, so go home first.

Okay. Work hard.

That's right.

Here.

What's that?

A bribe.

The company is struggling right now.

Please be kind.

You call this a bribe? How lame.

Happy now?

Yes!

I'm here, director.

Sit down.

I have an assignment for you.

Learn how to read ledgers.

Why must I...

You must know numbers

if you're going to manage a business.

You need to know what those numbers mean.

But I can't understand a thing.

Plus...

Why must I know all these little details?

He made his start in accounting.

I think the vice-chairman is right.

Whatever.

Anyway, I need your help.

What do you mean, my help?

You majored in business management, right?

Then you must know a little about accounting.

Well...

I did take an accounting class as a prerequisite

but I don't know it well.

Furthermore, I'm not your secretary.

My secretary doesn't know how to do anything.

Even her coffee tastes terrible.

I'll tell the accounting department...

- To send you an expert... / - No.

I'll talk to the vice-chairman,

so don't you worry about anything else.

Just teach me how to read ledgers.

You have a degree in business management

from Seoul National University.

You can do that much.

It's your first day, so I'll go easy on you.

You'll need time to prepare for my classes.

- Sir. / - Hey, hey.

Would you please bring me some coffee?

Your coffee is famous

among the executives for being delicious.

That can't be.

1995. 1996.

They were all unsold at the time.

You're working late.

How's it going?

I don't know what's what.

- Are you going home? / - Yes.

So there are things that the number genius,

Kim Yuwol, doesn't know.

Stop teasing me.

It's different when you do it for real.

I'm not teasing.

It's your first audit.

It's only natural that you don't know.

Anyway, why don't people at your company work?

What do you mean?

Everyone is working late and pulling all-nighters.

It's an emergency situation right now.

Is that right?

Then why is no one at their desks

when I request documents?

Some are supposedly even on vacation

for a week although it's an emergency.

Does that make sense?

You should always be careful.

Monitor them closely.

Just wing it.

What?

Don't kill yourself over this.

Don't stay up all night struggling

because the numbers don't add up.

You'll get sick.

You asked what if your company goes bankrupt.

I feel like it will go bankrupt.

Is it that bad?

I don't understand how they got their loans approved.

They must've pulled some tight strings.

That's bad. What do I do?

What else?

Like I said, just marry me right away.

You want me to live in your rooftop room?

You don't like it?

It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

Why would I like it?

You said you'd be happy living in a tent in Siberia

as long as you were with me.

That was a lie, wasn't it?

That's when I was a clueless girl.

I'm old now.

I want to live in a home

that's cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

As soon as I get a home that's cool in the summer

and warm in the winter,

you have to marry me, okay?

Sure.

Get up.

Honey.

Let's just eat at home.

This is exhausting. Every single morning.

You used to drag me there

when I said I didn't want to go.

What's wrong with you lately?

Are you seriously asking because you don't know?

Because of father?

That's right.

I know the position he's in.

How could I eat in front of him?

I won't go for the time being,

so make an excuse for me and go with Minjae.

Don't be like that.

What is family about?

You should help each other in times of trouble.

And you know my father always repays people.

Regardless, I'm not going.

I can't kill my father in order to save yours.

Honey!

I said no!

Plus, I lived in the U.S. for so long,

I don't like having Korean food for breakfast.

Breakfast without coffee? No thank you.

(Hansin Construction Bankruptcy)

Did you sleep well?

Yes.

Geonyeong, Moseong and now

even Hansin Construction has filed for bankruptcy.

I'm afraid to give the newspapers

to the chairman now.

I'll take them to him.

That's right.

Please grind the beans and make some coffee.

He doesn't drink coffee before breakfast.

Jaeyong likes Colombian coffee.

Yes, ma'am.

I'll make some Colombian coffee.

They couldn't pay a promissory note for $18.5 million.

Hansin Securities presenting the promissory note

as evidence was the root cause.

It would be great if we can get an additional

loan from Hansin Bank,

but if not...

We should find another source...

Let's eat first.

You prepared a separate breakfast for Jaeyong.

What got into you?

I know he hates Korean food

but I was insisting on it anyway

because Korean food is good for you.

And it's a family tradition.

As if.

You don't fool anyone with your lies, you witch.

I see.

I never expected you to be so considerate of him.

Uncle, you must have been hurt.

Just say what you want to eat.

That's not so hard.

Minjae, you too.

It looks like our family is begging for food.

Minjae, that's inappropriate.

My apologies. I didn't mean anything by it.

I'd like to meet with your father.

Set it up for me.

Persuade your father for us.

We won't forget this.

Taejun...

If we get the construction funding,

we can get past this easily.

I won't watch my father...

Go to prison.

Yangji Construction is fine.

The powerhouses are dying. Yangji is nothing.

Yangji will not die.

We never should've gotten into steel.

- Honey. / - How much money...

Did we dump into steel?

If we hadn't gotten into steel,

construction wouldn't have fallen.

Shut it!

Let's talk privately after breakfast.

Just say it now.

I have a busy morning.

By the way Gwangil,

are you studying business management now?

Of course. I'm working hard.

Your father

worked hard to make sure you were well-educated

ever since you were a child,

in order to make you the emperor.

So, what is he having you study nowadays?

He said I need to know numbers

if I'm going to manage a business,

so he said to study accounting.

Accounting?

Yes. I'm going to learn how to read ledgers.

You said you'd make him the emperor.

Are you going to make him

the accounting manager like you?

This is why what school you attend is so important.

- Minjae. / - Yes, father.

What do other countries say about Korea lately?

That the Korean economy is in danger.

They do? Who?

Dow Jones.

It's the world's largest financial news company.

You know what that is, right?

Of course, I do.

What did Dow Jones say?

They investigated some Asian countries

and it was shocking.

That's enough.

Set up a meeting.

Think of Minjae.

How could you disgrace your father like that?

I'm too ashamed to face the chairman

because of you.

I brought college professors,

financial analysts and top scholars as tutors for you.

How could you speak like a grade schooler?

In front of your grandfather too.

The company's survival is on the line.

What's wrong with you?

What use is a famous scholar?

I can't understand a thing.

What?

I'm studying economics with Secretary Yun.

So give her to me.

This is insane.

This is the auditor, Kim Yuwol.

When will you bring me the detailed documents

I requested?

And when is that?

When will the person in charge be back?

What?

He resigned?

Hello?

Hello?

What's with these people?

- Detailed documents? / - Yes.

We're making excuses and stalling

but he's such a pain.

He's too young and doesn't know better.

Buy him a drink and work on him. Geez.

I tried.

But it won't work at all.

Why did Samjin send a knucklehead like that?

I have enough headaches to deal with.

Must I deal with him too?

Follow the manual!

Don't make me waste my energy

on something so pointless.

Yes, sir.

Really?

Yes. Since they're unsold,

I got it at a 30% discount.

Wow.

You're amazing Kim Yuwol.

Now that I found a home

that's cool in the summer and warm in the winter...

We have to get married, okay?

Once we're married, quit your job

and keep studying as you always wanted.

Study?

Your dream was to become a professor.

That is ancient history.

Forget it.

I know you gave up on your dream to support me.

I'll support you now.

So just study from now on, okay?

No excuses. Got it?

So that's why you're rushing the marriage.

What about this?

It takes 7 minutes and 45 seconds

to walk to the train station from here.

It takes 21 minutes and 59 seconds

to walk to the library.

And it takes 10 minutes and 30 seconds

by car to the supermarket.

Isn't that awesome?

Stop it. Stop it already.

Hold on.

Hello?

Yes, director.

Hello?

Yes, chief.

Right now?

Sorry, but I need to go in right now.

Me too. My chief wants me.

Sit.

Why did you want to meet here instead of the office?

It's too nice out to be trapped in the office.

And the coffee here is good.

Although it doesn't compare to your coffee, of course.

Let's begin.

What's the rush?

- Sir. / - Why you...

What's wrong?

You punk.

Why are you making trouble for us?

What trouble did I make?

You demanded detailed documents.

Are you a prosecutor?

But, sir...

You'll know once you see them

but there are so many things that don't make sense.

And no one will answer any of my questions.

They are so uncooperative, it's driving me mad.

I'm the one going mad because of you.

I got chewed out by senior managing director

for training you poorly.

The senior managing director? Why?

Don't you watch the news?

They're always talking about companies

shutting down.

What if Yangji falls too?

Do you think our company will survive?

We're walking on thin ice as it is.

Why are you leading the way and causing trouble?

Why?

Sir, calm down.

Please hear me out.

I crunched numbers all night last night.

And?

Do you know how high Yanji Steel's debt ratio is?

It's 900%.

Isn't that insane?

All the big Korean corporations are like that.

They leveraged themselves to death to get bigger

which is why the economy is where it is now.

Exactly.

That's why CPAs like us

should audit them strictly.

We don't want innocent people to suffer.

Why do you care about that?

Shouldn't I?

The senior managing director...

Said to fire you and I barely talked him out of it.

What?

Close it out.

(A Place in the Sun)

Want to go with me on my business trip to Italy?

Unless someone stops it...

The tragedy you experienced will repeat itself.

So become an accountant that I won't be ashamed of.

Stop saying it's impossible.

Do whatever it takes. Just bring the funds.

Why don't you ask that person?

I refuse to enter into an arranged marriage.

Think of the company.

Don't order me around.

The ledger?

I need to know about our company's finances.

A whistleblower? Who?

What do you need me to do?